severely
/səvˈɪɹli/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.10 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "After the first day they left her severely alone, their plea to their husbands, her uncompromising independence."
- "Meanwhile the Christian Church from these speculations has kept itself severely apart - as of course representing a unique and divine revelation little concerned or interested in such heathenisms[.]"
- "‘And I hope it teaches that fubsy little boiling-oil Abbot a well-deserved lesson,’ added Murial Jane severely."
- "Regular freight trains between Abergavenny and Merthyr were withdrawn on November 24, 1954, because it was found both practicable and more economical to send this traffic by less severely-graded routes."
- "It was one out several unannounced home visits the teachers would make to check-in with students who had been severely disengaged while online learning during the Covid-19 pandemic."
Etymology
Inflected Forms
more severely (comparative)
most severely (superlative)